Dr. Robert Titus has revised and enlarged his guide to the geology of New York State's Catskill Mountains for this thrid edition. Written for the layperson, the book explores the 400 million years of geological history hidden in the region's rocks and landscapes. Here are stories of continental collisions, lost mountain ranges, and primitive fossil creatures in an ancient sea. Most of all it is the story of the land of Gilboa, literally a land that time has forgotten.
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Dr. Robert Titus is a professor of geology at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. He writes popular columns on geology for regional publications. His book "The Catskills in the Ice Age" is also published by Purple Mountain Press and is available from Amazon.
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Dr. Robert Titus is a professor of Geology at Hartwick College in Oneonta NY,
Titus is a columnist, writing popular geoscience columns for Kaatskill Life Magazine, the Woodstock Times, the Hudson Register Star, the Catskill Daily Mail, the Chatham Courier, and the Windham Journal. He is frequently invited to speak for Catskills and Hudson Valley civic groups.
Currently, he and his wife Johanna are preparing a book on the Hudson Valley during the Ice Age.
Titus is a columnist, writing popular geoscience columns for Kaatskill Life Magazine, the Woodstock Times, the Hudson Register Star, the Catskill Daily Mail, the Chatham Courier, and the Windham Journal. He is frequently invited to speak for Catskills and Hudson Valley civic groups.
Currently, he and his wife Johanna are preparing a book on the Hudson Valley during the Ice Age.
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Very good, easy-to-read book on the origins of the Catskill Mountains, written vividly and with fairly good illustrations. I just used it as a guide to a couple of places, and found it very useful. It's very broad, covering the origins, the fossils, etc. I recommend it for anyone interested in the Catskills region, especially people who live in ornear them.
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No one knows Catskills geology more thoroughly, or writes about it more engagingly and eloquently, than Hartwick College's Bob Titus. There is a real art to turning the dry facts of ancient boulders and Devonian shale into highly entertaining prose - and Titus has mastered that art.
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If you have a desire to understand the world beneath your feet in the Catskills, this book is a must. It is great for anyone who reads and who has a natural curiosity, including children, in the mountains and rolling hills of the beautiful Catskill region. It is well illustrated and lays out the best, easiest to understand, geologic history of how the Catskills came into being.This book also encourages the reader to join in conservancy, and try to leave nature untouched for others to enjoy. While this is not always possible, it is always something to strive for. If you are looking to collect, I encourage you to join a local paleontological group rather than randomly hack away outcroppings, unless it is your property of course...and even then, try to limit the destruction.
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poison sea, trough cross beds, river sandstone, delta complex, fossil hunting, delta plain, red shales, sandstone ledges, black shales, sea lilies, river deposits, ripple marks, algal mats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York State, Appalachian Basin, Acadian Mountains, Hamilton Sea, Gilboa Forest, Helderberg Sea, Manlius Limestone, North America, Catskill Sea, Coeymans Limestone, Overlook Mountain, Schoharie Creek, Hamilton Group, Devonian Period, Ganges Delta, Glasco Turnpike, Hudson Valley, Siccar Point, Catskill Front, Cherry Valley, Hudson River, Kalkberg Limestone, Mount Marion, Panther Mountain, Field Trips New!
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New York State, Appalachian Basin, Acadian Mountains, Hamilton Sea, Gilboa Forest, Helderberg Sea, Manlius Limestone, North America, Catskill Sea, Coeymans Limestone, Overlook Mountain, Schoharie Creek, Hamilton Group, Devonian Period, Ganges Delta, Glasco Turnpike, Hudson Valley, Siccar Point, Catskill Front, Cherry Valley, Hudson River, Kalkberg Limestone, Mount Marion, Panther Mountain, Field Trips New!
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